Along Mannerheimintie Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
street in Helsinki, Finland
About Along Mannerheimintie
Mannerheimintie translates to Mannerheim Road and got its current name from Marshal C. G. E. Mannerheim (1867–1951). The street of 5.5 km is the main north-south route west of the railway and has been a major thoroughfare for centuries. Already in the 17th century a road existed here connecting settlements on the Helsinki peninsula to theKing's Road, the main east-west road in Finland back then. With theRussian ruleafter theNapoleonic Wars, Helsinki became the capital of Finland and a new zoning plan was drawn up. The southernmost part of present-day Mannerheimintie was named Henriksgatan (in Swedish, which aside of Russian was the administrative language then – its Finnish name would be Heikinkatu) after then-Secretary of State, Robert Henrik Rehbinder (1777–1841). Henriksgatan was divide
Along Mannerheimintie Travel Guide Sections
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